F03D 7/04
Automatic control
Official title: Automatic control; Regulation
F03D7/04 (Automatic control) appears on 1,908 US grants and 2,303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03D- Granted patents
- 1,908
- Published applications
- 2,303
- Assignees
- 473
- Inventors
- 3,246
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17 |
| 2005 | 14 | 10 |
| 2006 | 14 | 22 |
| 2007 | 15 | 38 |
| 2008 | 24 | 50 |
| 2009 | 34 | 83 |
| 2010 | 40 | 132 |
| 2011 | 85 | 127 |
| 2012 | 109 | 93 |
| 2013 | 70 | 127 |
| 2014 | 68 | 132 |
| 2015 | 60 | 164 |
| 2016 | 88 | 114 |
| 2017 | 132 | 110 |
| 2018 | 126 | 131 |
| 2019 | 136 | 138 |
| 2020 | 143 | 164 |
| 2021 | 137 | 158 |
| 2022 | 133 | 149 |
| 2023 | 116 | 118 |
| 2024 | 156 | 105 |
| 2025 | 107 | 69 |
| 2026 | 47 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for counting fatigue-related winged animal stops of a wind turbine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,738 B1GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Model-based predictive control method for structural load reduction in wind turbines29 Sep 2026US 12,748,394 B2Universidad Del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
- Method for detecting a blade misalignment of a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine22 Sep 2026US 12,742,441 B2Wobben Properties GmbH
- Wind power plant22 Sep 2026US 12,744,391 B2Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Method and controller arrangement for operating a wind turbine farm15 Sep 2026US 12,736,028 B2Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Method for controlling a wind farm1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298201 A1
- Verifying wind turbine performance1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298207 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Wind turbine, wind power plant and method for controlling a wind turbine and a wind power plant17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275962 A1Wobben Properties GmbH
- A wind power plant10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269626 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Control system and method for a renewable power plant3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258781 A1Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fail-safe actuation system926US 9,239,064 B2Moog Inc. · 2016
- Performance optimization controller and control method for doubly-fed machines427US 5,798,631 AState of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University · 1998
- Intelligent control with hierarchical stacked neural networks273US 9,015,093 B12015
- Variable speed wind turbine with reduced power fluctuation and a static VAR mode of operation266US 5,225,712 AU.S. Windpower, Inc. · 1993
- System, method and computer program product for enhancing commercial value of electrical power produced from a renewable energy power production facility260US 6,512,966 B2ABB AB · 2003